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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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Born in Austin, Matthew left soon thereafter and finally made it back after years of paying his penance wandering the earth. Before coming to Austin360, Matthew co-edited Austinist.com, worked as an advertising copywriter and led tours of the Roman Forum, among other things.

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By Matthew Odam | Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 03:45 PM

I am sad that I am just now catching wind of this event, but was pleased to hear of the St. Baldrick’s Day event tonight at Mother Eagan’s.

St. Baldrick’s Foundation raises awareness and funds to cure children’s cancer by supporting research and fellowships. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the foundation is staging shaving events around the country, in which sponsored participants who raise money for cancer awareness and research, shave their heads, beards, etc.

As the son of a mother who is valiantly fighting breast cancer, I am personally touched by this event and was glad to hear that my friend Scott Holmes is a participant. The Grizz, as he is known to friends, women and MMA fans everywhere, has raised close to $3,000 and will be shaving his legendary beard and long hair tonight at Mother Eagan’s. For visual evidence of said hirsute legendariness, please see the pic to right.

Here is The Grizz’s mission statement in his own words:

Cancer sucks. My family has had a Hatfield and McCoy type feud going with cancer for years and I’m sure you or someone you love has been pushed around too. Several members of my family have been able to fight back and survive with medical advancements and proactive treatment, no doubt aided by previous donations.
In the US, more children die of childhood cancer than any other disease. Please make a donation on my behalf to support childhood cancer research. Your donation will save lives.

As you can see, after 3 years I am at full plumage. Now you have a chance to do the right thing and make me go from grizzly to gorgeous, from the cave to the catwalk, etc.

Now is your chance to help a very worthy cause and rid the streets of one less creep. Oh and forward this link to anyone you know that hates cancer and/or beards.

If you want to contribute to The Grizz’s efforts, you can click here. And, if you want to be a part of what promises to be a pretty funny and extremely worth cause, head down to Mother Egan’s tonight at 7 p.m. for the en masse shavings.

Below is a video made by one of the listener’s to The Grizz’s MMA radio show. (For the record, I would definitely be down for participating in this event next year, but I have a feeling the shaving of my two-week growth of beard and almost-balled head would fetch about $20 on the open market.)

St. Baldrick’s Day
Mother Eagan’s Irish Pub
715 W. Sixth St.

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By Matthew Odam | Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 01:15 PM

I caught up with “Observe and Report” star Seth Rogen today, the morning after the world premiere of the new comedy written and directed by Jody Hill (“The Foot Fist Way”). The Canadian-born star who has risen to fame as part of Judd Apatow’s comedy clan discussed his new movie, improvising on the set and the upcoming movies “Funny People” and “The Green Hornet.”

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